Today we make the short trip over to the Red and White side of the border to congratulate Brid Stack on her heroics with the Cork Ladies in Croke Park yesterday. Brid played a pivotal role in this super Cork team which has dominated ladies football during the past number of years. Yesterday she collected her fourth senior All-Ireland medal--an outstanding achievment. Brid's father Michael Stack is of course, Priomh-Oide at Rockchapel National School.

CORK  4-13      MONAGHAN  0-11

Picture courtesy of All-Ireland programme profiles.

From the Green and Gold Drum

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The following is a comment from pupils in Vindangen Primary School in Sweden who find Gaelic Games absorbing. Such was their enthusiasm that even in the depths of a Swedish winter they decided they would play a GAA match. They sent us a video to mark the occasion. They will visit Knockaclarig NS on the 9th October next and will attend our ALLIANZ league match with Loughfouder NS.

Gaelic Football at Vindängen             

Click on Paperclip for Video

In answer to a Scartaglin query we publish the Roll of Honour for the 2-Teacher ALLIANZ Leagues in the Castleisland District.

TIR EOGHAIN  1-15                     CIARRAI   0-14

Congratulations 

                          to Tir Eoghain on being crowned All-Ireland Champions for 2008. Commiserations to Ciarrai. On the day Tir Eoghain deserved it but once more we look forward to our heroes to rise Phoenix-like for the challenges of 2009.

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Ballymacelligott GAA club is an affialiate club of St. Kieran's. Four National Schools feed into this club, Clogher NS., Flemby NS., Nohoval NS, and O'Brennan NS. Always a stronghold of Kerry football famous GAA promoting teachers in the parish are Tom O'Connor, Maurice Laide and Michael Sweeney.

Also famous for handballers it produced All-Ireland winners Roundy and Murty McEllistrim as well as the aforementioned Clogher Principal Tom O'Connor who is also a renowned golfer.

The ladies of Ballymac take the handball glory to-day. Ashley Prendiville and Maria Daly are the local heroes. Handball is very well promoted in Kerry By Cumann na mBunscol.

Seen under the the overhead railway bridge in Ballymac.

St. Kieran's Castleisland is our local county champioship team. Cumann na mBunscol is the supply line for St. Kieran's with the schools' players rising through the ranks of minor, under-21 senior and in the cases of Padraig Reidy and Seamus Scanlon all the way to the Green and Gold of The Kingdom.County Senior Selector, Sean Geaney teaches in Gaelscoil Aogan, Oilean Chiarrai having already this year as Bainisteoir of the Kerry Under 21 tasted All-Ireland success.

Green grass, green and white club colours it is 

GREEN and GOLD all the way.!!!!!!!!

Entering Tralee from Castleisland for a school's match a digitally alert full forward snapped this picture.

Integrating ICT agus an pheil.

Football fever spreading from the Capital Town.

Artistry and skill have always been associated with Cumann na mBunscol. Here is a chance for pupils to enter a brand new Euro-Dimensional competition. Schools should log on immediately to www.eurocompetition.net  register on the spot, express your ideas through the Visual Arts and upload using the simple procedures. Football and Art "Mens sana in Corpore sano" gan dabht !!!

We welcome everybody back to school. Let's hope we have a very active and fruitful academic and sporting year.

Look out for details of your school's fixtures in the

ALLIANZ LEAGUES

Make sure you send in any sporting photos or news. Just e-mail:  

knockans@hotmail.com

During this term I mean to identify a trusted poster in each school. I shall supply same with an unique password and user name and award permissions for commenting.